Reply With QuoteMina (05-12-2022)
Diversity Makes Greatness
What A World Government Could Do For Us
What a different world it could be if humans really had their stuff together.
What we really need is one wholesome and well managed efficient powerful world government, made up of good altruistic people dedicated to doing the best job they can for the people, for society. Take away all the biggest and most lethal guns and weapons from general society. Let people have guns for hunting and target shooting competitions, collectors, stuff like that. Have amazing programs to deal with any aggression, treating it as a threat to others and world peace. Let there be a huge worldwide mental health counseling program designed to compassionately deal with aggressive people.
Let policing be extensively studied, perfected, and regulated on the world scale.
Let Monarchs be for symbolic example-setting purposes only.
Let there be complete freedom of religion, but make it illegal for churches or religions to get into politics. Belief should be a personal decision, and no religion-oriented organization would be allowed to have any influence into politics. Parts of some religions would be deemed illegal. Tough luck. Humanity is better off without religions trying to control people. Religions need to stick to attempting to provide answers to the great unanswered questions. That's it. There would be no need to provide social services because ultimately efficient and logical governments eliminate such needs.
Let there be a World Constitution that says all economies will be a combination of capitalism and socialism.
Socialism for the basic needs of every individual, taking from the rich and giving to the poor, but only in amounts enough to sustain the poor comfortably, allowing the rich to keep whatever is left after the level of taxation needed to provide for everyone. The basic needs would include a home, ample food, clothing, energy, transportation, utility services, local arts and shows, municipal services such as libraries, parks, etc, some entertainment, activities, healthcare and retirement.
Capitalism for everything else. All the wants and desires above and beyond the basic comfortable life.
Let there be no destitution, and let that be guaranteed by the World Government. We have the capability within our means.
It would be the embodiment of Roosevelt's 2nd Bill Of Rights.
Let those lofty goals be included in the World Constitution. Let the World Government have all the greatest weapons. Those nations with that technology ALL agree to give it up and put it under the control of the World Government.
Let the most powerful positions in the World Government have unbelievably complex restrictions over who can hold them. Let that be a long list of requirements. Certain age, education, glowing record of leadership. I am thinking minimum age for the highest positions to be 60?
Let there be no corruption. Have every possible avenue of corruption prevented by law. Complex law. Make sure there is oversight and enforcement for every law. Both for the World Government, and all national governments.
Let nations have only small military forces. Let most military service be in service to the world. Able to easily overcome that of any nation which assumed an aggressive stance. Able to maintain borders, (which would actually become rather irrelevant and symbolic.) Also able to defend Earth in a coordinated way, should that need ever arise.
Tax all nations in accordance with their GDP to pay for all of this.
An immense number of jobs would be created to run the World Government. People could work if they wanted to and could qualify for it, but they would not have to if they didn't aspire to it. Working would be rewarded with increased wealth, but since there would be no poverty, everyone would have the chance to be happy.
What a different world it could be.
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Mina (05-12-2022)
Diversity Makes Greatness
If only.
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Diversity Makes Greatness
Or we could just let everything stay haphazard, out of control. Up for grabs by the most corrupt.
Just live life for whatever you can make of it, never caring about what happens. If you've got it good, consider yourself lucky.
No problem. We'll just apologize to the young for the mess we left them.
Or better yet, just don't speak of it. Pretend everything is hunky dory.
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What we'd get is a thoroughly totalitarian dictatorship bent on enriching itself while ensuring there is ZERO way to be overthrown or taken out of power. It would lead to a new Dark Ages of human ruin.
Celticguy (05-04-2022), Code1211 (05-08-2022), Into the Night (05-07-2022), Matt Dillon (05-04-2022), Sailor (05-04-2022), Stone (05-08-2022)
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In other words the democrat party platform.....Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner
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authoritarian nut jobs always think like this.
people that won't comply just need the right pressure
Code1211 (05-08-2022)
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On steroids... Think N. Korea...
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Our species is too immature. Maybe in another 100 to 200 years.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
PoliTalker (05-05-2022)
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In this day and age, agreed. Just like Trump and his cocksuckers are trying to impose on America.
Get Off My Lawn
Maybe Neal was on to something
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
Matt Dillon (05-04-2022)
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covid proved once and for all who the totalitarian dictators are in this country. Democratic governors all across the country
open up your eyes shit stain
Into the Night (05-07-2022), Matt Dillon (05-04-2022)
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The Pedo Party which also supports the WSEs are no better and, IMO, are worse.
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but you are a fucking tard spending a lifetime smelling your dutch oven fumes - so who cares. your brain is rot
Into the Night (05-07-2022), Matt Dillon (05-04-2022)
Get Off My Lawn
Or Russia
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
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You care.
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